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<H1>DXCC News - Changes to the DXCC List</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Bill Moore, NC1L</STRONG>, ARRL Awards Branch
Manager, reports:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>"The dissolution of the Netherland Antilles has caused
changes to the DXCC List.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>"As per the DXCC rules, the two Netherland Antilles DXCC
entities will be deleted and moved to the Deleted Entities List. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>"Four new entities will be added to the DXCC List : (1)
Curacao; (2) St. Maarten; (3) Saba and St. Eustatius; and (4) Bonaire. The event
date and time for these changes will be 0400Z, 10 October, 2010. Confirmations
for these new entities will be accepted for credit starting 1 January,
2011.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>"Other administrative changes and actions will be announced
as they are finalized</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>73 es DX! <BR><BR><STRONG><EM>Bill Moore
NC1L</EM></STRONG>"</FONT></P>
<H1>Former Netherlands Antilles and CQ Awards and Contests</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>With several groups operating this week from the 'new' DX
entities created by the breakup of the Netherlands Antilles, questions have
arisen regarding their status for <STRONG>CQ DX</STRONG> awards and contests.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>This announcement updates and supplements the preliminary
announcement that will appear in the November issue of CQ magazine, which is
already at the printer.</FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma>CQ DX Awards</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Each of the five islands involved in the change of status
retains its previous PJ callsign prefix <BR>(Curacao - PJ2; Bonaire - PJ4; St.
Eustatius - PJ5; Saba <BR>- PJ6; and St. Maarten - PJ7).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>According to CQ DX Awards Manager Billy Williams, N4UF, the
previous entities of the Leeward Islands (PJ2/PJ4) and Windward Islands
(PJ5/PJ6/PJ7) Islands were deleted as of October 9, 2010. <BR>Four new entities
- Curacao (PJ2), St. Maarten (PJ7), Bonaire (PJ4) and Saba/St. Eustatius (PJ5/6)
- became active on October 10, for a net gain of two DX entities. Confirmations
for contacts made with the new entities will be accepted for CQ award credit
effective immediately.</FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma>New Multipliers in the CQWW</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The country multiplier list for the CQ World Wide DX
Contest (SSB weekend on October 30-31; CW on November 27-28) is based on a
combination of the ARRL's DXCC list and the DARC's WAE (Worked All Europe) list.
Since the ARRL has also made the same changes, deleting the old Windward and
Leeward Islands entities and adding PJ2 (Curacao), PJ4 (Bonaire), PJ5/6 (St.
Eustatius & Saba) and PJ7 (St. Maarten) as four new entities effective
October 10, these "new ones" will each count as separate country multipliers in
the CQWW.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>There is no need to worry if your own contest logging
software is not updated, according to CQWW Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST. 'In
the end, the log checking software calculates final tallies anyway,' he notes,
adding that the software 'is very up-to-date and reflects any status
changes.'</FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma>DX Marathon Double-Dip</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Competitors in the 2010 CQ DX Marathon will have a unique
'double-dip' opportunity in working the islands of the Netherlands Antilles for
Marathon points. Those who worked any of the islands before 10/10/10, get credit
for either the Windward or Leeward Islands, as appropriate.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Hams who work them again on or after 10/10/10 will get
additional credit for the new entities, providing a maximum of six country
credits for working the islands in 2010.</FONT><BR></P>
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